Some people don't like the playoffs

Posted 28 October 2016 - 08:08 PM

irishapple21

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Remember that year that Colorado topped Dallas in Toronto in December. That's playoff soccer in a nutshell for you. Two totally random teams Mr. Magooing their way through the post-season to play a Final with a totally random result that nobody really cares about other than us Trekkie soccer fans. It was better when the schedule was balanced and we all actually knew who the best team was because they won the Supporters Shield.

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RBNY II aka "The Baby Bulls" are the 2016 USL Cup Champions!
Playoffs are stupid in soccer and I don't care if that hurts your feelings.

Posted 29 October 2016 - 04:09 PM

zeelimit

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I just view the MLS Cup as the equivalent of England's League Cup. The Supporters Shield winner is the champion and the MLS Cup is just a trophy. I don't think anyone could really say that Portland was last season's best team (or Colorado a few years back). If they gave a real home advantage to better teams that might take some of the randomness out of who wins the MLS Cup. But the fact remains that we have a league with parity and a surprise team is likely to win the MLS Cup half of the time.

Posted 29 October 2016 - 09:02 PM

Koko

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IMO playoofs are a crapshoot and make the regular season less valuable for ANY sport. But I do like hardware and I love that there are multiple trophies to be had in a single season. And I especially like chasing hardware we've never won.

Posted 31 October 2016 - 05:02 AM

irishapple21

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This Cup Tournament is about as much fun as it always is. Why is everyone surprised about this?

Loyal supporter of the 2013, 2015, and 2018 MLS Champions: RBNY/Metro
RBNY II aka "The Baby Bulls" are the 2016 USL Cup Champions!
Playoffs are stupid in soccer and I don't care if that hurts your feelings.